Mexican Government Concerned about Minutemen
The cover story is that American’s just don’t want to share the good life with the world. They harass, shoot and even kill just so they don’t have to share. That appears to be the take of this story about Minutemen who are going to the border.
igilant all weekend. “We want to make sure that no human rights are violated, and make sure that it’s only the authorized personnel, the people who have had the training and the mandate to do so, the only ones that are making the arrests” said Medel.
So the Mexican government wants the Federal government to protect the “rights” of illegals coming into the United States. Don’t believe me… read on.
But while the Minuteman volunteers are preparing their operations, immigrants continue to arrive in Reynosa, Mexico, with intentions to cross into the United States. Between sixty to seventy immigrants are given a place to stay every night at the Guadalupe Shelter downtown Reynosa. They are undocumented immigrants who are looking to cross the Rio Grande River at any cost.
Carlos Hernandez is from Mexico City and says he’s been deported once. “I’ll look for a strategic point to cross the river, I’m hoping to be able to make it” said Hernandez responding to the Minuteman presence along the border.
Central Americans housed at the Guadalupe Shelter say they are aware about the Minuteman group, the National Guard troops and the Border Patrol agents. But the need to help their families and no employment opportunities in their countries, are just some motivations to cross illegally to try to get to their American dream.
“We have to look for ways, we have to do everything possible to escape” said Ever Josué Herrera a Honduran seeking to cross into the United States. “We are asking God with our hearts that the Border Patrol is not in our way” said Herrera.
The Mexican Government has expressed concern with the Minuteman Project, and asks that state and federal measures be taken to safeguard the rights of Mexicans crossing the border illegally.
